Method of making patty-shells.



W. GATBGAST METHOD OF MAKING PATTY SHELLS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1911.

1,036,092 Patented Aug. 20, 1 912.

INVENTOR Aflomey WILLIAM GATEGAST, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

METHOD OF MAKING PATTY-SHELLS.

citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements. in

Method, of Making Patty-Shells, of which the following is aspecification.

My inventlon relates to improvements in method of making patty shells,the object of the invention being to provide an improved pat-tyshell-which is the result of certain improved steps in the method ofmaking which results in a shell having its inner face thoroughly cookedby the action of boiling grease in contact therewith, as well as withthe outside of the shell, said shells adapted to be used in connectionwith a filling and placed together.

With this object in view, the invention consistsin certain novel stepsin the method as will be more fully hereinafter described several stepsin the carrying out of my 1mproved method. Figs. 5, and 6 are views inside elevation and bottom plan of an iron which I preferably employ, andFig. 7, is a view in section through the iron on an enlarged scale.

The iron is illustrated most. clearly in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, andcomprises a casting-1 and a wire handle 1, the latter preferably screwedinto the center of the casting as shown. The particular iron illustratedis shaped somewhat like a Maltese cross. This particular shape may bevaried, it bein understood that the patty shell formed w' be of theshape of the iron. With the particular shape illustrated, a circularcenter '2 is provided having four radially projecting arms 3, the latterhaving enlarged rectangular outer ends 4:, said center, said arms, andsaid ends all having their side wallstapering inwardly from their upperto their lower faces to permit the shaken from the iron.

In carrying out my improved method, I provide a batter 5 in a suitablereceptacle 6, and in another receptacle 7, I provide boiling fat orother similar material 8, prefer- Specification of Letters Patent.

patty shell to be readily ably maintained in boiling condition over aburner or stove 9. The iron is first placed in the boiling grease givingto the iron its preliminary heat and greasing the surface thereof. Theiron is then placed in the batter with its upper surface flush with theupper surface of the batter as shown in Fig.

I 1. The iron is then removed, and a thick- {1 Patented Aug. 20, 1912.Application filed September 26, 1911. Serial No. 651,446.

ness of batter will adhere to the sides and bottom face of the iron. Theiron is next submerged in the boiling fat as shown in Fig. 2, and isshaken slightly up and down to free the batter from the iron, permittingthe ironto be lifted out of the batter, leaving the'latter in theboiling fat as seen in I would have it understood that I might changethe shape of the iron, so that different desi s of patty shells might bemade, and I mlght make other changes in the iron and in the method asfairly fall within the spirit and scope ofthe appended claim.

. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

The herein described method consisting in placing an iron in a batter,so that the batter only adheres to the sides and bottom of the iron,then placing the iron with its batter in hot grease, then shaking thepartially cooked patty shell off of the iron'into the grease, thenturning the .patty shell about in the grease until thoroughly cooked,and

then removing the patty shell, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. 1

WILLIAM GATEGAST.

Witnesses S. W. FOSTER, C. R. ZIEGLER.'

